We looked out the window to find overcast skies but no snow. I checked the weather forecast, and the snow wasn't scheduled to hit us until 2pm. What do you do when you have a snow day with no snow? We took advantage of the free day by making waffles for breakfast and then heading out to the Greensboro Sciquarium.
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| No penguins for us :( |
This was Cora's first haircut, unless you count the one she got back in October when she and Ally used the paper scissors on their hair while playing unsupervised in our living room. (They didn't do too bad of a job; I didn't know about it until weeks later when my mom was visiting and asked about Cora's short/non-existent bangs. I need to be more observant!) I love how she had her ankles crossed the entire time and was sporting her ruby reds!
Ally also wanted a little trim, which was fine by me. Her last haircut was over a year ago. The lady ended up cutting off at least 2 inches of fuzzy split ends. Ally's hair is so long that the stylist sat in the chair while Ally stood in front of her. Ally was worried that her hair would end up being "too short", but it still hits just above her waist.
Not wanting to go home just yet, we next wandered across the street to CVS. While we were there, the snow finally started to fall. And it accumulated rather quickly. Within the hour, we had over an inch. Thankfully, Chris was released from work early, and we all went outside to play.
Within 2 hours, we had two to three inches of white fluffy stuff on the ground. The girls made snow angels and Daddy made a mini-snowman on the hood of my car. Then the family at the end of our cul-de-sac invited us to go sledding down their front yard. Amazing, Ally was all for it but Cora (our usual daredevil) would only sled down with me. We finished the day's adventures with a big bowl of fresh snow cream.
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| Crawling home through the snow. |
While we were sleeping, the storm changed over to sleet and freezing rain, which melted/compressed our 7 inches of snow down to just a few inches. Chris' office was closed on Thursday, so he went out and played with the girls again before we got an additional 2 inches of fluff. Here's their snowman. Those strawberry eyes come with some awesome natural eyelashes!
Cora tried to make more snow angels, but she didn't weigh enough to make an imprint. (She is so light / the ice was so thick that she didn't even leave footprints as she walked.) Chris, however, did not have that same problem:
Friday (Day #3) was another cancelled school day. That's what happens when there aren't enough snowplows and salt trucks to go around. Chris was on a 2 hour delay for work, so we watched his car's tires spin out while he tried pulling out of the driveway. He was eventually successful and slowly made his way down our snowy street and out of sight.
The girls and I continued to be snowed in today. We spent our time reading, cleaning, dancing, cooking, watching the snowman melt (her head fell off!), and decorating Daddy's big card with stickers, markers, and glitter glue. We still have snow on the ground. It's been fun, but hopefully the remain white stuff will melt away tomorrow morning so we can resume our normal activities.
Happy Valentine's Day!!!
